The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sports: What is a sport?

Sports can be described as all of the following: Entertainment – Any sport that includes spectators, either free or paid admission, with no pre-scripted plot of the outcome. The athletics might also get entertained by complete sports objective. Exercise – some sports are physical exercise while others are mental exercise.

Types of sports

Athletic sports Ball sports Bat-and-ball games Cue sports Ground billiards Boules Football codes Hockey variations Lacrosse family Net and wall games Gaelic games Blood sports Boardsport Combat sports Martial arts Chinese martial arts Styles of Chinese martial arts Japanese martial arts Korean martial arts Indian martial arts Bangladeshi martial arts Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts Vietnamese martial arts Filipino martial arts Indonesian martial arts Irish martial arts Italian martial arts Russian martial arts Company sports Contact sport Cycle sport Electronic sports Extreme sports Frisbee sports Gymnastics Illegal sports Military sports Mind sport Motorsports Auto racing Motorcycle sport New sports Pole sports Racing Multisport race Roller sports Shooting sports Spectator sport Tabletop sports Throwing sports Winter sports By location Air sports Field sports Lawn game Mountain sport Mud sports Underwater sports By origin Traditional sports and games Ethnosport Western sports By number of participants Individual sport Team sport By demography Women's sports Mixed-sex sports Mixed doubles Parasports Youth sports Animal sport By retribution Amateur sports Professional sports Semi-professional sports Pro–am Simulation of sports Sports video game Fantasy sport Multisport events Olympic sports World Games sports Commonwealth Games sports African Games sports Asian Games sports Pan American Games sports Demonstration sport List of sports

List of acrobatic activities List of ball games List of types of football List of racket sports List of beach sports List of DanceSport dances List of dog sports List of equestrian sports List of hybrid sports List of martial arts List of Chinese martial arts List of Japanese martial arts Styles of wrestling List of stick sports List of forms of racing List of water sports List of rural sports and games Geography of sport Geography of chess Football codes Geography of association football Geography of women's association football Geography of Australian rules football Geography of rugby league Geography of kendo Geography of netball Geography of water polo Sport by region

Africa West Africa Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo North Africa Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara Central Africa Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • The Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe East Africa Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe Southern Africa Botswana • Eswatini • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa Dependencies Mayotte (France) • St. Helena (UK) • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Antarctica Asia Central Asia Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan is sometimes considered a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan East Asia China  The state is commonly known as simply "China", which is subsumed by the eponymous entity and civilization (China). Tibet Hong Kong  Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC. • Macau  Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the PRC. Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Mongolia • Taiwan  Under the de facto control of the Republic of China (ROC) government, commonly referred to as Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the PRC; see political status of Taiwan. North Asia Russia  Russia is a transcontinental country; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Southeast AsiaExcludes Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia). Brunei • Burma (Myanmar) • CambodiaGeneral Population Census of Cambodia 2008 - Provisional population totals, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, released 3 September 2008 • East Timor (Timor-Leste)  East Timor is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania. • Indonesia  Indonesia is often considered a transcontinental country in Southeastern Asia and Oceania • Laos • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam South Asia Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bhutan• Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka India  Includes Jammu and Kashmir, a contested territory among India, Pakistan, and the PRC. Andhra Pradesh • Bihar • Delhi • Gujarat • Jammu and Kashmir • KarnatakaKerala • Madhya Pradesh • Maharashtra • Manipur • Mizoram • Odisha • Punjab • Tamil Nadu • West Bengal West Asia Armenia  Armenia is sometimes considered a transcontinental country physiographically in Western Asia, it has historical and sociopolitical connections with Europe. • Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only. Figures include Nakhchivan, an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan bordered by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. • Bahrain • Cyprus  The island of Cyprus is sometimes considered a transcontinental territory in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea south of Turkey, it has historical and socio-political connections with Europe. The U.N. considers Cyprus to be in Western Asia, while the C.I.A. considers it to be in the Middle East. (including disputed Northern Cyprus) • Georgia  Georgia is often considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Eastern Europe; population and area figures are for the Asian portion only. • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine  Gaza and West Bank, collectively referred to as the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" by the UN, are territories partially occupied by Israel but under de facto administration of the Palestinian National Authority. • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey  Turkey is generally considered a transcontinental country in Western Asia and Southern Europe; population and area figures are for Asian portion only, excluding all of Istanbul. • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Caucasus (a region considered to be in both Asia and Europe, or between them) North Caucasus Parts of Russia (Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai) South Caucasus Georgia (including disputed Abkhazia, South Ossetia) • Armenia • Azerbaijan (including disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Europe Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Faroe Islands • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • Guernsey • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Isle of Man • Italy • Jersey • Kazakhstan • Kosovo • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malta • Moldova (including disputed Transnistria) • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Svalbard • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Ukraine United Kingdom England (Birmingham, Bristol, Cornwall, London, Milton Keynes, Sussex, Worthing) • Northern Ireland (Belfast) • Scotland (Glasgow) • Wales (Cardiff) Vatican City European Union North America Canada Mexico United States Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Montana • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) Dependencies Greenland• Saint Pierre and Miquelon Central America Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama Caribbean Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • United States Virgin Islands Oceania (includes the continent of Australia) AustralasiaThe use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand." Australia ATC • New South Wales • (Sydney) • Northern Territory • Queensland (Brisbane) • South Australia • Tasmania • Victoria • Western Australia Dependencies/Territories of Australia Christmas IslandChristmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia. • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Norfolk Island New ZealandNew Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia. MelanesiaExcludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeast Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region. Fiji • Indonesia (Oceanian part only)Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands. • New Caledonia (France) • Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia. • Solomon Islands • Vanuatu • Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia • Guam (US) • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Nauru • Northern Mariana Islands (USA) • Palau • Wake Island (USA) • PolynesiaExcludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America. American Samoa (USA) • Chatham Islands (NZ) • Cook Islands (NZ) • Easter Island (Chile) • French Polynesia (France) • Hawaii (USA) • Loyalty Islands (France) • Niue (NZ) • Pitcairn Islands (UK) • Adamstown • Samoa • Tokelau (NZ) • Tonga • Tuvalu • Wallis and Futuna (France) South America Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Falkland Islands • Guyana • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Uruguay • Venezuela South Atlantic Ascension Island • Saint Helena • Tristan da Cunha History of sports

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